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She Was Poetry But He Couldn't Read

She Was Poetry But He Couldn't Read

Updated May 24, 2020 at 09:36AM EDT by Y F.

Added May 21, 2020 at 12:38PM EDT by Sophie.

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About

She Was Poetry But He Couldn't Read is a melodramatic phrase initially intended to be a six-word story posted in 2015. In 2018, it became known as the start of a Tumblr copypasta in which people replied mockingly to the phrase using song lyrics. In 2020, the phrase evolved into exploitable Twitter memes in which Twitter users paired two images to the phrase to signify someone not understanding the beauty in something else.

Origin

On December 25th, 2015, Redditor Proxify posted the text "She was poetry. He couldn't read." to r/sixwordstories.[1] The post gained over 180 points (95% upvoted) in five years.

Spread

On March 11th, 2018, Tumblr user Supremesaudi[2] posted the phrase and garnered over 369,600 notes in two years. On March 1st, 2019, a screenshot of replies to the Tumblr post was reposted to r/tumblr[3] (shown below, left). The post received over 880 points (97% upvoted) in a year. The thread reads: "she was poetry, but he couldn't read/ His name was jarred he's nineteen/when his parents built a very strange machine/ watch that scene dig in the dancing queen/ aaaay macarena/ horrible job everyone." On August 13th, 2019, Twitter user @earthboundfb[4] posted a Facebook screenshot of the copypasta thread (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 400 likes in nine months (shown below, right).


supremesaudi She was poetry, but he couldn't read." i-hold-the-snitch His name was jarred hes nineteen artsekey When his parents built a very strange machine dothepropaganda watch that scene dig in the dancing queen aftermath-meme aaaay macarena pearls-forehead Horrible job everyone Earthbound Facebook @earthboundfb Poo Yesterday at 3:21pm e she was poetry, but he couldn't read. Like Comment Share O Paula and 3 people like this. Claus his name was jared, he's 19 Like Reply 6 5-5 mins paula when his parents built a very strange machine. Like Reply 05- 5 mins Ness watch that scene dig in the dancing queen! Like Reply 65 -5 mins Kumatora EYYYYY MACARENA Like Reply 67 - 5 mins Poo horrible job, everyone. Like Reply 68-5 mins 3:35 PM · Aug 13, 2019 · Twitter for Android

Twitter Comparisons

On May 11th, Twitter user @cowbojs[6] used images from Red Dead Redemption to represent "she" and "he" (shown below, left). The tweet received over 790 likes in 10 days. The next day, Twitter user @spdrvrs[7] posted a variation using the film Parasite (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated over 559,700 likes and 120 retweets in eight days. Stay Hipp[5] published an article on the Twitter meme.


@cowbojs she was but he a poem couldn't read 5:37 AM - May 11, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone mio @spdrvrs she was a but he couldn't poem read PARASITE 9:17 AM · May 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Various Examples


Alex capitalist era @satanicswiftt13 she was a but it poem couldn't read AM A A 119 120 121 122 A A 12:16 PM - May 20, 2020 · Twitter for Android arunima shrestha's jaida essence hall stan account @ashrestha98 she was a but she couldn't poem read 12:49 PM - May 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Sib @sibblank She was a poem, but he couldn't read. TAany Haddah Ai Ming TÚCA & Bertie NETFLIX 11:42 PM - May 16, 2020 · Twitter for Android Камилла @starkshyung They couldn't Read it It was a poem #GameOfThrones GAMEOF THRON 1:12 PM · May 19, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone mari barber | dj spoilers @cevansdodger he but they couldn't read was a рoem THE OSCARS 11:54 AM - May 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone joanne @hiddlestomas he was but they couldn't read а рoem TUERS WAR ATENUERS COMIC MICAV TOBDD AFIA 12:09 PM · May 11, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Search Interest

External References

[1] Reddit – r/sixwordstories

[2] Tumblr – supremesaudi

[3] Reddit – r/tumblr

[4] Twitter – earthboundfb

[5] StayHipp – She was a poem he couldn't read memes

[6] Twitter – cowbojs

[7] Twitter – spdrvrs


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